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Short Term Effects Cannabinoid Receptors
1,126 words... of Drug Abuse are correct, the suppressed neurones of the hippocampus caused by marijuana use, and Mccance and Huether's (1998) research into the suppressed neurones of the hippocampus the following can be concluded. Presence of suppressed neurones in schizophrenia patients clearly links the common theory of a cause of drug induced schizophrenia as being contributed to by marijuana use / abuse . According to Continuing Medical Education, Inc. (web) this is the reason as to why marijuana had ...
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Noise Reduction In Hearing Aids
1,358 wordsRecently in a local hearing clinic, a clients concerns were discussed. Im afraid I wont like them. My brother in law bought two hearing aids, and he keeps them in a drawer in the kitchen. While the number of people dissatisfied with their hearing aids hovers around 50 %, the hearing aid industry is hard pressed to decrease the number of returns, and increase the average daily use of each aid. In order to accomplish this, hearing aid manufacturers must answer the most often heard complaint: It do...
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Leopold And Loeb Sentenced To Death
1,210 words... any plea could not be used. Darrow needed to prove that Leopold and Loeb were mentally impaired at the time of murder and indeed unaware of their actions throughout the scheme of events. Darrow had to convince the judge that Leopold and Loeb committed the murder because of their mental conditions and immaturity. Never before had evidence of a defendants mental condition been offered to lessen a sentence. Such evidence had heretofore been used exclusively to show that a defendant was insane, ...
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Hearing Impaired Language Skills
340 wordsResearchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, have found that the earlier a deaf child receives a cochlear implant, the better the child's speech development. A cochlear implant is an electronic device that is implanted in the inner ear of a profoundly deaf person. It stimulates the auditory nerve and allows the individual to be aware of sounds. Researchers explain that being aware of sounds appears to help language development, although the device does not allow hear...
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Learning Disabilities Main Problem
1,036 wordsThere seem to be many problems within the American educational system today. Most of the problems refer back to the differences in the students that undergo the education system. Some of these students are handicapped, some are not motivated either at home or by themselves, and some have learning disabilities. The world of learning disabilities is large and seems to receive the least amount of attention. Learning disabilities are apparent in some children while in others they remain hidden. One ...
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Issues With Teenagers And Alcohol Abuse
1,322 wordsPeople have been drinking alcohol for thousands of years, and attitudes about alcohol have fluctuated greatly over the centuries. It has gone from being an accepted form of relaxation to being a tool of the devil and recently it has risen to the number one drug of choice among North American teenagers. Alcohol is classified as a drug because of its effects on the body. It is not digested like a food; instead it is absorbed directly into the bloodstream and travels to the brain. Alcohol first act...
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Visually Impaired Physically Handicapped
1,190 wordsCurrent Environment Analysis Today the world devotes special attention to the question of disability, striving to provide the various facilities required to ensure that every disabled person has work opportunities that will help him or her to become a productive member of society. Various institutions are cooperating in the area for the Disabled in an integrated approach and a programme to ensure that the question of disability will be dealt with in every regard: quality of services offered, eas...
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Low Income Families Visually Impaired
2,474 wordsIntroduction Healthcare is delivered through both the public healthcare system and the private sector in most of the countries. The public healthcare system consists of healthcare facilities run by the central and state governments, which provide services free of cost or at subsidized rates to low-income families in rural and urban areas. The government funds allocated to healthcare sector have always been low in relation to the population of the country, for example in india in 2003 it was as l...
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Prefrontal Cortex Sexual Predators
1,920 words... the New Jersey Medical School in Newark, claims that there is a high probability that violent impulses originate in the hypothalamus, amygdala, and periaqueductal gray area (Foreman, 2002). As this occurs, different parts of the hypothalamus are likely to be involved in different types of emotions and/ or violence (premeditated type, cold type, or impulsive actions). In addition, some new studies present more detailed conclusions. Thus, for example, according to Dr. Ronald Schouten, a psychi...
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State Of Poverty Visually Impaired
925 wordsIn Eudora Welty? s " A Worn Path" the conflict was not apparent at the very beginning. What was a poor, elderly sick woman doing gallivanting in the forest during the dead of winter? The reason became clear towards the conclusion of the story as the action revealed that the conflict was obtaining the necessary medicine for her grandson. When this conflict became obvious, another question came to mind. What kind of society did this woman live in that she had to go all the way from her h...
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Hiv And Aids Effects Of Marijuana
3,209 wordsMarijuana, pot, Mary Jane, grass, weed, hash, hashish, dope, cannabis, sinsemilla, greens. When you hear these words, do you think of illegal substances or medical miracle-workers? Marijuana has been approved for medical use by prescription in at least three states. In November 1998, voters in Washington DC won the right for medicinal marijuana. However, the results have been kept secret by congressional order. This research report will give you the facts about marijuana to help you make up your...
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Drug Testing Drug Abuse
1,369 wordsDRUGS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON BUSSNESS Drugs are used heavily for recreational purposes. It is becoming more common for addicts to get high at work. Stoned workers are inefficient and are costing companies millions in accidents and lost productivity. Searches to catch users have raised questions of the right to privacy. The problem has become so big that companies have banded together to form rehabilitation programs to help the affected workers. Drug use affects employees for one reason or another ...
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Seasonal Affective Disorder Risk Taking Behavior
3,198 wordsDepression is a disease affecting the entire mind and body, causing a person to feel miserable in many ways. Changes in brain chemistry make it happen. It is a brain disease. When speaking of depression Im not referring to the normal down periods that everyone goes through once in a while, that can be brought on by a rainy day, a broken heart, the flu or even for no particular reason. People mope around, listen to sad music and feel sorry for themselves. These moods go away within a couple of da...
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Driving While Impaired Driving While Exceeding
511 wordsDRINKING AND DRIVING OFFENCES My essay is on Drinking and Driving Offences. In my essay I will tell you the various kinds of drinking and driving offences, the penalties, and the defences you can make if you are caught drinking and driving. Let me tell you about the different offences. There are six offences in drinking and driving. They are driving while impaired, Having care and control of a vehicle while impaired, Driving while exceeding 80 m. g. , Having care and control of a vehicle while e...
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Christian Science Monitor Drug Abuse
2,114 wordsDrugs And Their Effects On Business Drugs are used heavily for recreational purposes. It is becoming more common for addicts to get high at work. Stoned workers are inefficient and are costing companies millions in accidents and lost productivity. Searches to catch users have raised questions of the right to privacy. The problem has become so big that companies have banded together to form rehabilitation programs to help the affected workers. Drug use affects employees for one re as or another i...
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Effects Of Cannabis Smoked Marijuana
2,466 wordsMarijuana can cause many harmful effects. There has never been a major test though. The ones they? ve used have shown very different things. I have been very surprised by what I have been reading. I cannot believe the difference in what different scientists think. One says, ? Its hard to know for sure whether regular marijuana use causes cancer. But it is known that marijuana contains some of the same and sometimes even more, of the cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Studies show t...
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Leopold And Loeb Life In Prison
2,474 wordsSocial reaction to school massacres and inexplicable acts of violence among the teenage population in the late twentieth century flooded television news programs and media broadcasting almost on a monthly basis. Many Americans questioned why such seemingly healthy and established children would want to harm themselves and others around them. Several psychological and moral issues arise from this question. Despite legal efforts to differentiate between adult and adolescent crimes, many argue that...
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National Institute On Drug Abuse War On Drugs
2,524 wordsLegalization of Mariana: For Its time we put to rest the myth that smoking marijuana is a fringe or deviant activity, engaged in only by those on the margins of American society. In reality, marijuana smoking is extremely common, and marijuana is the recreational drug of choice for millions of mainstream, middle class Americans. According to the most recent NIDA data 1, between 65 and 71 million Americans have smoked marijuana at some time in their lives, and 10 million are current smokers (have...
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Short Term Memory Long Term Memory
1,673 wordsMemory Is Not A Unitary System. Discuss Memory Is Not A Unitary System. Discuss The Types Of Evidence That Have Been Used To Buttress This What is a memory? Is it a concrete and tangible atom, which, once stored, can be retrieved by a methodical search or can it get lost in the murky recesses of our minds? Are our memories stored in separate areas or as part of one whole? In everyday conversation we regularly refer to memory in ways which suggest it to contain selective processes I have a terrib...
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Drunk Driving Motor Vehicle
316 wordsNo one can drink and drive safely. Alcohol is a depressant. It affects all the cells of the body, especially the brain central nervous system. As a result, alcohol dulls your memory concentration, insight, perception and judgements. The move alcohol in your blood, the more your driving errors increase. You will react more slowly. You will erratically speed up and slow down. Your ability to brake and steer is impaired. Your response to any unusual emergency situation is impaired. In general, your...
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